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W. D. SHAW & E. SGHAEFER. DETAGHABLE HOLDER FOR WAVERS OE CUBJLERS.

Patented Feb. 5, 1895.

Inventors.

'W'itnesses:

UNITED STATES PATENT Fries.

XVALLACE D. SHAV AND EMIL SCl-IAEFER, OF NE'W YORK, N. Y.; SAID SHAWASSIGNOR TO SAID SOHAEFER.

DETACHABLE HOLDER FOR WAVERS'OR CURLERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 533,613, dated February5, "1895.

Application filed July 19, 1894.

T at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, W ALLAOE D. SHAW and EMIL SCHAEFER, citizens of theUnited States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and Stateof New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inDetachable Holders for VVavers or Curlers; and we do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

Our invention relates to detachable holders for curling irons andwavers; and it has for its object the construction of such holders insuch a manner and of such a state that they can be readily appliedeither to a gas fixture or alamp chimney, and can be removed at will orleft in place if it is more convenient.

The attachment of our holder is made in such a way that the iron of thecurler or waver is held in the gas jets or above the lamp flame so as tobecome thoroughly heated in a very short time.

The user of our holder does not need to stand and hold the waver orcurler in the hand until the heating is completed but she can go abouther work and come back to the implement whenever she is ready to use it.

Ourholder may be left upon the gas fixture, if desired, so that it willalways be in place and ready to do its work, this being made possible bythe fact that, unlike other holders upon the market, ours rests welldown upon the tube carrying the tip and does not interfere in any mannerwith the jet or flame ofgas.

Our holder not only serves the purpose of sustaining the waver orcurler, but it also holds it in the proper position for being heated,and in the case of the all-iron curler, which is now on the market, andwhich is so arranged that the handles normally spring apart, our holder,in one of its forms, keeps the handles together during the heatingprocess. Altogether, the advantages of our holder are first the easewith which it can be applied either to a gas fixture or a lamp chimneyor globe; second, its adaptability to different forms of curler orwaver; third, the fact that it can be arranged upon a gas fixture insuch a way as not to interfere with the gas jet or Serial No.518,04=5.(No model.)

flame; and fourth, the general simplicity of the structure of ourholder.

Our invention will be more clearly understood by reference to theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is an elevation of one of ourholders supporting a waver and attached to a gas fixture. Fig. 2 is anelevation of the holder detached from its support. Fig. 3 is an end viewof the holder looking toward the top thereof. Fig. 4 shows my holderattached to a lamp chimney and supporting the waver. Figs. 5 and 6illustrate modifications of our invention, and Fig. 7 is an elevation ofthe holder supporting a curler.

Referring to the drawings by letter, A is a gas pipe on which our holderB is mounted. The said holder is formed as shown into a tapering shapeat the top in such a manner as to slide over the end of the gas tube andbind upon the same. The holder is preferably made for this purpose ofsheet metal such as brass or tin or wire, and its end is rolled into thedescribed shape without much difficulty. At the front of the holder andnear the middle thereof the metal is bent up to form two wings or guidesb, 1), between which the handle of a waver or the iron arms of a curlerare held. At its lower end the metal is bent up, as shown at c, to forma stop or support for the lower end of a waver handle or the crotch of acurler.

In Fig. l, a typical waver is shown, D being the handle thereof and Ethe iron rod set into the handle and adapted to become heated. After theholder is attached to the gas fixture, as shown in Fig. 1, the waver isput in place, its lower end resting upon the step c and the main body ofthe handle being grasped by the wings I), b, whereby the waver is heldsteadily in place.

It will be seen that the whole body of the holder is below the gas tipand that the jet or flame will not directly heat the holder nor will itsmoke the iron of the waver or curler as it would if the holderinterfered with the jet or flame. Moreover, if it is desired to leavethe holder in place when not in use, it will not interfere with thelight given out by the flame. Another advantage is that our holder canbe used in connection with a gas ICO j et, whether the usual globe is inplace or not, and the globe does not have to be taken off in order toput the holder into operative position.

In Fig. 4, we show how our holder can be utilized in connection with alamp chimney. Here the instrument is inverted the stop or tail piece 0sufficing to sustain the holder and the wings I), 1), serving to throwout the other end of the holder toward the middle of the chimney. Thewaver (or curler, as the case may be) is then run down through thetapering opening which in the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, surrounds thegas tube. In this way the iron of the waver or curler is carried downinto proximity with the lamp flame where it becomes duly heated.

In Figs. 5 and 6, are illustrated certain modifications of ourinvention, the same being adapted for use with what is known as theall-iron curler. This curler has handles which are normally held apartand are adapted to be pressed together by the user. It is diffi cult toheat properly this kind of curling instrument, except by holding it inthe hand and putting its curling end in a flame. WVe have adapted ourholder to support this curler as well as others, by adding at the lowerend of our holder,in some instances the extension F with its upwardlyprojecting wings or stops fif. The tail piece 0 is present as before,but it does not constitute any longer the lower end of the holder,although it still supports the crotch of the curling iron and leaves thehandles projecting farther down. The handles are pressed in far enoughso that they lie within the wings f, f, and are held there by the saidwings. By these means the curling irons are held together in the flamewhile the handles are pressed together as described. Fig. 6 shows theextension F as a detachable piece with bent up portions g, g, at the topforming side grooves into which the lower end of the holder can he slid,after the tail piece 0 is bent down straight, after which by bending upthe tail piece again, the extension F maybe thoroughly joined to the.main body of the holder 13.

Having described our invention, we claim- A detachable holder for waversand curlers, adapted to be attached either to a gas pipe or to a lampglobe or chimney, the same being formed with a socket at one end, a tailpiece at the other end, and a pair of wings or guides, the said tailpiece and guides being on the side of the holder opposite the socket. Intestimony whereof we have signed our names, in the presence of twowitnesses, this.

ltth day of July, A. D. 1894:.

WALLACE D. SHAW. EMIL SOHAEFER.

Witnesses:

G. L. BELOHER, CHARLES M. CATLIN.

